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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 9:00:14 GMT -6
How's it going?
Any challenges/ changes?
How are you feeling about it?
How often do you nurse?
Favorite nursing bra?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 9:09:04 GMT -6
It's going well. My big challenge is putting her to sleep/ nursing her when she wakes up in the early morning. SHe just wants to nurse and nurse and nurse and it's a meltdown when we stop. I need to work on that. I've been giving her milk but that's probably not the best. She drinks it from a bottle which is funny because she barely ever drink from a bottle at all and now I am giving my two year old a bottle... yeah I should not do that! My big change is that I'm pregnant and nursing. I would still like DD to wean on her own. SHe has not really changed her nursing habits for a year. STill nurses at the same times every day (we nurse on demand). I'm okay with it all (except see above). I have not had any pain or aversion due to pregnancy but I do want her sessions overnight to be shorter which I think I can attribute to being pregnant. I know change is gonna come! I have no idea when my supply will go, etc. and whether that will change her habits. We shall see. We nurse prob 3-5 times a day and overnight. I have the bravado ones from Target nad like them but i'm looking for something else so I asked this for suggestions basically  |
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Post by nellieoleson on Jan 4, 2018 15:33:59 GMT -6
@kelltothekell -I fully night weaned dd2 about a month ago. It wasn’t too bad after a few nights of lots of wake ups. Now she sleeps MUCH better - still not STTN, but I’m getting a lot more rest. I am actually having dreams again because my sleep is less interrupted!
Can you try the Jay Gordon method again? I mean, it sucks when they freak out, but she’s 2 and certainly doesn’t need to nurse at night, so you can console yourself by reminding yourself of that. I would tell dd2 that “milk is sleeping” and leave it at that.
Since you’re pregnant your supply will go down a bunch by second tri so she may end up self weaning then too
I didn’t have too many problems nursing dd1 while I was preg with dd2 until 14 weeks or so. Then it completely made my skin crawl!
ETA: another thing I think helped with night weaning was going away for 2 nights. The dd’s stayed with my mom and the first night was a bit rough with a couple hours of grandma holding a crying girl, but the next night was better. When we came home I nursed her at bedtime as usual but didn’t let her nurse overnight. She was just so happy to be back with me I think it made her care a little less?
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Post by nellieoleson on Jan 4, 2018 15:47:53 GMT -6
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Post by kcrkcs on Jan 4, 2018 21:03:41 GMT -6
Still nursing a couple times a day, if we are together all day. mostly to sleep and overnight. I still haven't decided that my desire to be done outweighs my complacency but it's edging much closer to weaning time for sure.
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Post by sjames2015 on Jan 4, 2018 22:18:20 GMT -6
We are nursing 2-3 times a day. Nap, bed , and sometimes once in the middle of the night. Within the last 3ish weeks DD2 has started sleeping mostly through the night. She’ll fuss a little but doesn’t need me most of the time. I don’t really have a problem nursing her right now.
I had to wean DD1 when she was 2 1/2 because I was pregnant and it hurt.
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